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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Karma?

2. Heschel uses prophets from what regions or religions that used ecstasy to verify his viewpoint?

3. Heschel links divine inspiration to what?

4. Another theory regarding the inspiration of the prophets regarded the prophetic act as what?

5. What were the prophets overwhelmed with in addition to emotion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe one theory that Heschel discusses regarding prophets and their revelations from God.

2. Who was Marcion?

3. How does Heschel describe the concerns of the prophets?

4. How does Heschel describe Tao as an antithesis to the prophetic idea of God?

5. How does Heschel think much of the Bible should be looked at?

6. What is the purpose of ecstasy, as explained by Heschel?

7. Why does Heschel call indifference evil?

8. What is Heschel's theory of ecstasy and the prophets?

9. What is anthropopathy?

10. What does Heschel say gives the prophets the courage to speak out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship of prophet, priest, and king through history, with emphasis on the period of the Old Testament prophets described in this book.

Essay Topic 2

Justice was an important theme for the prophets. Define what justice meant to the prophets. Discuss what problems there were with justice. Pick two prophets and explain how they dealt with the issue of justice.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following prophets: Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Second Isaiah. Discuss the prophet in detail, including who he is, where he came from, what he did, his prophecy, etc.

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